The death penalty used to be much faster. But through a series of laws and court rulings starting in the 1970's, they decided that the case has to go through a

The death penalty used to be much faster. But through a series of laws and court rulings starting in the 1970's, they decided that the case has to go through a super long sequence of appeals and court proceedings, with the intent of making doubly triply extra sure we're not executing innocent people.